Despite having my negotiations and relationship-building of the past year and half with Chapters/Indigo suddenly take a turn south yesterday, I’ve decided to follow my two mantras: Be like water and flow around an obstacle. Margaret Atwood The only failures are those who fail to try. Lester B. Pearson. As a result, I’ve decided to aggressively market Five Rivers books through our own website, while still offering them through all the major online booksellers worldwide….
Well, actually the old shipping module. After taking a very good, hard look at the UPS pricing on the shipping module, I’ve decided it’s just way too expensive and have reinstalled the old Canada Post shipping module. I can give our customers similar delivery and tracking ability at a fraction of the cost. So, feel free to order to your heart’s content.
Thought I’d give you a glimpse into my anthology of short, speculative fiction, And the Angels Sang. What follows is the afterword, which, hopefully, will give you some insight into what the stories are about and why I wrote them. In the genesis of any work there is always that spark of inspiration that sends my imagination in a new orbit. That spark could be anything: an article, a concept, a person.The cover story, And…
It’s a hard go of it if you’re a self-published author, which I am. There is the burden of stigma regarding self-publishing, much of it deserved I might add, you have to overcome, so that your work has to go beyond good. All promotion and sales are in your own hands. It is a well-known statistic that most self-published authors will only sell 25 copies of their work, and that to family and friends. Most…
Freelance writer Luigi Benetton sat down with Paul Lima, author of How to Write a Non-fiction Book in 60 Days, to ask what it takes to actually write a book in 60 days, and who might best follow the 60-day process. Luigi Benetton: When it comes to writing a book in 60 days, what task takes up the lion’s share of the 60 days?Paul Lima: Many people are surprised that they don’t actually start “writing”…